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Employment and average hourly earnings by industry for all employees, December 2020, seasonally adjusted
Industry
Over-the-month-change in employment (in thousands)
Average hourly earnings
Employment level (in thousands)
Total private
-95 29.81 121,223
Mining and logging
4 35.14 630
Construction
51 32.02 7,413
Manufacturing
38 28.92 12,309
Wholesale trade
25.1 32.84 5,683.5
Retail trade
120.5 21.31 15,261.3
Transportation and warehousing
46.6 25.64 5,588.8
Utilities
-0.4 44.38 537.7
Information
-1 44.37 2,626
Financial activities
12 38.99 8,743
Professional and business services
161 35.60 20,692
Education and health services
-31 29.05 23,292
Leisure and hospitality
-498 17.04 12,959
Other services
-22 26.63 5,488
United States Department of Labor
